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Instalaza
Instalaza SA is a Spanish firm that designs, develops and manufactures equipment and other military material for infantry. The company, founded in 1943, is headquartered in Zaragoza, Aragon, where its production plant is also located.
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C90 is a 90 mm disposable, shoulder-fired and one-man operated
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launcher (RPG) which can be fitted with a VN38-C night vision device for full night combat capability.
It is being used as an infantry-type weapon, with Instalaza also claiming it to be the, "lightest infantry weapons system in its class".
Variants
The following are variants produced by Instalaza:
* C90-CR (M3) – equipped with hollow-charge warhead of different types. Has armor penetration of 400 mm.
* C90-CR-RB (M3.5) and the C-90-CR-RB (M3) – equipped with hollow-charge warhead. Has armor penetration of 500 mm.
* C90-CR-AM (M3.5) – also has a shaped head charge, but with a special body that provides antipersonnel fragmentation
* C90-CR-FIM (M3.5) – contains more than 1.3 kg of red phosphorus composition, producing incendiary effects and smoke.
* C90-CR-BK (M3.5) – has a tandem warhead precursor for anti-bunker/building fortifications. The warhead pierces the walls and goes through the wall before it explodes inside the interior.
* C-90-CR-IN (M3) – is a training model with inert warhead.
Operational history
2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
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Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022
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, the Spanish government, like other Western governments, sent Ukraine shipments of weapons, equipment, ammunition and vehicles, including numerous C90 grenade launchers. There are images of at least one Russian infantry fighting vehicle being destroyed by a C-90.
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References
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External links
Instalaza Homepage
Anti-tank rockets
Weapons of Spain
Military equipment introduced in the 1990s